There simply is no other way,excepting a long range helicopter,depending on who you listen to,the island is off limits,at one time a caretaker was in place,what the situation is in November 2010 I have no idea,anyone with local information and factual news is welcome to advise me.
We sailed down from Fernando Isle,this is open to tourists and an air strip exists with flights to Brasils mainland,I assume Forteleza on the north east coast of the mainland,the island has spectacular diving and at least one hotel
Jean and our dinghy,its a Duckling in GRP in Cape Town,we can offer a similar shaped dinghy as a new design and in a kit ,it will be designed by Dudley Dix in cold molded ply and epoxy.The boat is a good load carrier,it rows and sails well too,at that time we had no outboard and you can see the kind of distances I had to row!
The girls enjoy a walk on the coral sand,its really a coral beach,not sand,thats a major storm you can see in the background,we were on our way back to the boat by then.
Jean enjoys the warm and clear waters,she is in the opening to the north of the isaland,thats our Endurance 37,Ocean Cloud at anchor in the background.
The birds follow you everywhere,there are very few trees or landing places on the island,so landing on your head looks like a good idea?
Rocas is amazing,its alive with fish in the lagoon,also lots of sand crawlers and if you look close enough plenty of scorpions,the rats that the British Admiralty Pilot book mentions we did not see.The lagoon can be entered by small boats,like rubber ducks on both the south and the north side,the anchorage is on the north side and in the lee of the island,beware if you arrive at high tide,a long shelf exists just off the sandy beach,if you look down into the crystle clear water you will see long strips of sand,anchor in those,we were the last of five to arrive on the day,all such spots were taken and we had to anchor opposite the lagoons northern opening,this then gave us a flood tide when the tide turned,its was ok but I recomend being behind the beach and the shelf,which dries at low tide.
The girls enjoy a walk on the coral sand,its really a coral beach,not sand,thats a major storm you can see in the background,we were on our way back to the boat by then.
Jean enjoys the warm and clear waters,she is in the opening to the north of the isaland,thats our Endurance 37,Ocean Cloud at anchor in the background.
The birds follow you everywhere,there are very few trees or landing places on the island,so landing on your head looks like a good idea?
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